OP - The Voice by Celtic Woman
“Talking”
“YELLING”
‘Thinking’
“Telepathic link”
Songs
Flashback
"Transformation Index”
In the dark of the night
OP - The Voice by Celtic Woman
In the infirmary, Dustin was nownfully concious again as his friends crowded around him.
"What's the damage?" Applejack asked.
"Thankfully, I've detected no damages." Pixel spoke as she completed a scan. "Only a slightly featured wrist, but nothing too serious."
"I still can't believe you're a robot!" Timber said with a surprised look to Pixel. "You look so... human!"
"I know." Pixel said.
Timber than looked to Dustin. "You know, I never thought I'd meet with a superhero." The others look to Timber I'm shock. "Yeah, I know. I've seen the mysterious heroes and saw that they had one thing they had in common" Timber fished out his phond before showing then a snapshot of Wrasse-stache and zoomed in on the symbol on his chest.
"Oooh.." Pinkie said as she looked to the symbol on the Digitrix. "Wait! You Mena you knew the whole time?!"
"It doesn't take a rocket scientist!" Timber shrugged his shoulders.
Gloriosa then came in, looking to Dustin with relief. "Oh thank goodness you're ok." Gloriosa ran to Dustin with concern visible. "You are OK, right? Did you suffer any injuries?"
"Relax, I'm good." Dustin said with a dismissive wave. "I've taken worse beatings than that."
"Good to hear." Gloriosa said with a sigh of relief before looking to Timber. "Timber, can I talk to you in private please?"
Before Timber could responded, Gloriosa drags him out of the infirmary.
"That was... weird." Sonata stated before looking to the others. "Don't you guys thinks she's acting a little... off?"
"You just now noticed?" Aria replied with rolled her eyes. "It's obvious she's hiding something."
"We'll worry about that later." Sunset said before looking to Dustin. "Hpw did you turn into... Whatever that thing was?"
"You mean Wrasse-stache?" Dustin asked in response.
"Wrasse-stache?" Twilight asked with a deadpan expression. "That's the best name you came up with?"
"Hey, I don't come up with the names!" Dustin retorted. "But to answer your question Sunny, I'm not sure how that happened. I was going to go Rip Tide and turn that oversized squid into sushi!"
"Speaking of which, I hope we don't have to worry about that tentacled terror again." Rarity spoke with a shudder. "I don't think I'd want to go for a dip knowing that thing could be lurking in there."
"Though for some reason, it had it sights on you." Adagio said with a puzzled look. "It didn't seem to show any interest in us."
"Yeah, I noticed that too!" Rainbow replied with agreement. "But the question is... why?"
"Maybe it was hungry and thought Dustin was food?" Flutterhsy asked with a shrug.
"If it wanted it him, it would have done so already." Twilight retorted. "Fron what I could tell, it looked like it perceived Dustin as a threat."
"You sure?" Sunseg asked with concern. "Maybe it was a territorial display!" Sunset shrugged. "I mean, it showed up in the same lake we were working on."
"But if that was the case, why attack Dustin specifically and ignore us?" Rarity asked while Dustin seemed a bit scared by hearing that.
Afte the attack from the Megalopod, the gang went back to work on the new dock being built. Meanwhile, Dustin was sitting on a at a picnic table and doodling while he watched the gang work.
"You guys sure you don't want me to help?" Dustin asked.
"No worries, sugar." Applejack replied with a dismissive wave.
"Ok then..." Dustin said, feeling a bit down that he wanst helping out.
"Is this seat taken?" Gloriosa asked as she appeared next to Dustin. With a nod and motion for Gloriosa to take a seat, she sits next to him. "Hey, I'm really sorry about what happened to you earlier."
"Glori, now worries." Dustin said before his eyes widened a bit. "Uh... Gloriosa I mean."
"Glori?" Gloriosa asked with chuckle. "I actually like that." Gloriosa then looked to the sketch that Dustin was currently working on. "Another masterpiece I take it?"
"Y-Yeah..." Dustin replied bashfully. "I don't mean to brag, but I've been quite an artist when I was younger. I could draw a cartoon character with a pen on paper and make very little errors."
"I see." Gloriosa chuckled, blushing a bit. "Can I get you anything?"
"Not really, Gloriosa." Dustin replied with a smirk. "I appreciate it though."
Meanwhile, Twilight was with Timber who was making lanterns.
"Making lanterns out of solar-powered garden lights!" Twilight stated, quite impressed with Timber's craftsmanship. "Pretty crafty there, Timber!"
"You think that's crafty? You should see my macaroni art." Timber responded, bragging a bit. "I'm like the Picasso of noodles." Twilight giggled a bit in response.
Sunset watched on with Allister, both watching with impressed smiles. "All right, now. You've made a lot of progress, but it's going to be getting dark soon." Celestia said.
"Indeed." Allister nods in response. "We can pick this up tomorrow between our other camp activities."
"Everyone, get cleaned up, and we'll gather by the fire pit at eight to share s'mores and scary stories!" Gloriosa said as Pinkie went excited after hearing the s'mores bit.
Meanwhile, Pendragon watched Dustin and Twilight with a scowl visible.
"Looks like Timber is also smitten with one of those witches!" Pendragon muttered to himself. "But for now my main focus is on the changeling!"
"And that's when she looked down and realized she was wearing purple socks with a burgundy dress!" Rarity said, replied in terror. "Purple and burgundy, darlings! The same color family!" Rarity screamed while the others weren't so.
"Oh dear God!" Duatin groaned with a deadpan look. "Rarity, no offense, but by God that was weak!"
"Oh really?" Rarity asked witha furrowed eyebrow. "If you've got a better story, then by all means tell it!"
"Oh, I've got one alright." Dustin said with a grin. "Hope you folks like exotic, because the one I'm about to share is an urban legend hailing from Venezuela and Colombia."
"Ooh, now I'm interest." Adagio said with intruige. "What do you have in mind?"
"I'm glad you asked." Dustin saidnwith a grin. "Gather round as I tell you the cilling story of a wandering spirit known as El Silbon. Or translated in English as "The Whistler"."
"Never heard of that one." Rainbow said with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, better buckle up because this one will is quite a bone chiller." Dustin cleared his throat before he began. "Long ago, there was a young boy who lived with his parents and grandfather. The boy's parents couldnt say no ti him, and as a result, the boy became spoiled. He would have fits until he had what he wanted. But the boy was about to learn that actions have consequences."
"So far so good." Aria uttered.
"One day, the boy and his father went out into the woods when the boy said he was hungry and wanted venison." Dustin explained as Fluttershy gasped. "Desperate to please his son, the father searched for hours on end. But sadly, he came up empty handed." Dustin Spike with a mock evil smirk. "Here's where things get a little grim. Furious, the boy grabbed his father's knife and murdered him before ripping his heart and liver and brings them back to his mother."
"Oh my!" Rariy uttered, feeling a little unselted.
"The moment the boy brought the entrails to his mother, he said "cook this"." Dustin continued. "When his mother asked where he got them, the boy said "I got them from father". When his mother asked where his father got them the boy answered with "he grew them in his belly". His mother was absolutely horrified by such an answer, while the grandfather overheard the conversation. And he decided it was time teach the boy a lesson." Everyone present had unsettled and creeped out expressions on their faces. "As punishment for his grizzly act, the grandfather tied the boy to a post and whipped his back until it was raw and bloody. Then he rubbed lemon, gin, and chille peppers into his wounds to make them sting."
"Yikes!" Pinkie declared in horror. "Talk about adding insult to injury!"
"Oh just wait! It's gets worse!" Dustin replied with a smirk. "The grandfather then had the boy carry a sack filled with the father's remains while trying to outrun the grandfather's dogs. But the boy failed as the dogs devoured him in seconds. But just before the boy's final hours, the grandfather's last words to him were; "You should not have done that to your father! I curse you! You will be damned for all eternity!" And the curse turned the boy into the spirit known as El Silbon." Dustin eyed the creeper out expressions from the others with a smile. "The curse made him taller than the trees, skeletally emaciated, wearing a wide brimmed hat and a white tattered suit, and carrying a sack of his fathers bones on his tender back."
Pinkie hid behind Applejack out of fright while Spike shook in terror.
"And there is a good reason why he is known as the whistler." Dustin explained with a smirk. "You'll know he's around because he has a distinct whistle. Whenever he is around, this is what you'll hear." Dustin then whistled a creepier version of the Tonic Solfa, making the others shake in fear. "They say when the whistling is in your ear, that means he's at a distance, which is a good thing. But if the whistling is heard from a distance, that actually means he's right behind you. Something you do not want to happen." Dustin smirked as he was enjoying seeing the terrorized looks the others had. "But you don't even have to leave the house for a midnight stroll to encounter him. For legend has it that he enters people's houses at night in search for a quite place to count his bony collection. Should you here this commotion, then you're safe. But if he goes on unnoticed by sunrise, then somebody in the house is doomed to die. So, better pray to God that you're not a deep sleeper."
As soon as Dustin had finished, the sound ofnsomebody whistling a creepy version of the Tonic Solfa was heard, making everyone jump. But they see Allister was the one making the whistling as Dustin laughed.
"Oh my God!" Dustin said, laughing like a hyena. "You should have seen your faces!" Dustin and Allister shared a high-five.
"Oh... you think that is funny?!" Rarity growled in mild anger. "You nearly gave us heart attacks!"
"You mean this was all a prank?!" Applejack asked with mild anger. "That story you've told was made up to scare us?!"
"Oh no, it's an actual legend." Dustin shrugged. "Seriously, look it up."
"Anyone else have a spooky story?" Luna saidnwith a clear of her throat. "Probably one less... grizzly?"
"I have one. But I'm warning you, you might as well hug a friend now. That's how scary it is!" Timber said as Fluttershy gasps while Spike whimpers and Bulk Biceps' teeth chatters.
"I'm interested already." Dustin said with a grin.
"It's time I told you about the legend of Gaea Everfree." Timber spoke with a smirk. "Many years ago, my great-grandparents came to this forest. Seeing its beauty, they decided that it would be the perfect place for a camp. But once they started building, strange things started to happen. One pitch black night, when the wind was howling, a tree branch crashed through the roof of their cabin!" Dustin listened onnwith intrigue rather than fear as he listened. "They screamed and ran outside, only to see the giant creature rising from the earth! She had wild hair like the roots of a tree. Her mouth had jagged rock teeth and her eyes were pools of black tar. But her aura shimmered like diamonds. Anywhere she went, she left a trail of gem dust in her wake. Trembling, my great-grandparents asked who she was and what she wanted. In a deep and hollow voice, she told them that her name was Gaea Everfree – an ancient spirit who held domain over the forest, and that my great-grandparents were trespassing on her land."
'Ooh, this just got interesting.' Dustin thought to himself with excitement.
"They begged her to let them stay and build their camp, to share this wonderful place with others. Gaea Everfree finally agreed but warned them that they would not be able to keep it forever. Someday, she will return and reclaim the forest as her own." Timber Spruce finished his tale. "So if you see a trail of gem dust, you'll know that it is... Gaea Everfree!"
Suddenly, was visible eyes was visible in the shadows.
Everyone freaked out, but the figure revealed itself to be Gloriosa.
"Hey, guys!" Gloriosa said with a chuckle. "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you!"
"That was quite a riveting tale, Timber." Allister said with a smirk. "But it pails in comparison to a story I have to share. One from my days as an Enforcer."
"Oh?" Gloriosa asked with intruige. " You mean you were a part of a Special Ops unit?"
"You can say that." Allister replied. "I recall one of my more thrilling missions where I was sent with a squad to clear a site from an outbreak of Writhing Redness."
"Wrighting Redness?" Timber asked with confusion. "Never heard of it."
"Well... instead of telling you, why don't I show you instead." Allister said before projecting a holographic screen that displayed a countdown. And sure enough the screen projected something that was truly horrific.
It appeared to be a first person video recording of a bunch of men in power armor traversing throug a landscape that looked like it was composed of red flesh. And suddenly, from the ground emerged a massive ecrrature that lioked yo be composed of bone and muscle. Somebody was heard saying "open fire" while the creature emitted a sound that sounded like a combination of a screaming crowd and an animalistic roars.
"How's this for a scary story?" Allister Spike with a grin while everyone else watched the footage in absolute horror.
"Oh my God!" Sunset declared in disgust while Rarity faints and Fluttershy covers her eyes. Even Celestia and Luna were unsettled by what they were sawing in the video.
And it only got worse as the creature in the footage shot a stream of what appeared to be bile from its mouth at some of the troops, the men screaming in horror as their bodies dissolved.
Pinkie threw up I'm her mouth a bit while Bulk Biceps screamed like a little girl. Suddenly, a bunch of red humanoid figured with tentacles and multiple limbs appeared on the screen and began to attack many of the remaining troops. The sounds of screams amd gunfire audible.
"AL, SHUT THAT SHIT OFF!" Dustin declared in horror. "SHUT IT OFF!" With a sigh, Allister cuts off the video.
"Dear God almighty!" Adagio said with a shudder. "How are you not scarred to life after that ordeal?!"
"What's the big deal?" Allister shrugged nonchalantly. "You kids watch horror movies that are chalked full of blood and gore."
"Yeah, but all other that is fake!" Salazar declared. "That... whatever in God's name it was you've just subjected us to, that was real!"
"Wait!" Gloriosa called out in shock. "That was real?! All of it?!"
"Yes, but thankfully the site was successful cleared." Allister said with a dismissive wave. "Took a scorched earth level of policy, but we got it done."
"Scorched earth?!" Pixel gasped in horror. "Please tell me the area was evacuated!:
"It was! We got all survivors we could find and that weren't infected safely evacuated." Allister replied.
"Anyway.... uh, why don't we play some music?" Dustin explained as he brought out a guitar. "You know, to calm everyone's nerves."
"Oh, you play a guitar?" Gloriosa asked in intrigued as she sat next to Timber.
"A little bit." Dustin replied with a bashful smile. "I can play a few songs before we hit the hay you you guys want."
"Ooh, yes please!" Photo Finish exclaimed in glee.
"I'm game." Octavia smiled agreement.
"YEAH!" Bulk Biceps cheered as he and everyone else sat. Everyone eventually looked to Dustin with eager smiles.
"Well... you guys are quite eager crowd eh?" Dustin asked with a chuckle. "Well... first one is a song about a local legend inhabiting the forests of Berkshire, England named Herne the Hunter. For act 1, I give you Herne by Jen Greene." And with that, Dustin pluckced the strings of his guitar and began to play.
Once the song was finished, the crowd clapped in applause.
"That was fantastic." Celestia said with a chuckle.
"Yeah." Timber said with a nod of agreement. "Think you.can do one more?"
"Well... I suppose i can do an encore." Dustin tuned his guitar before plucking the strings, the tones were just thebway hebwanted. " This one isna song I listened to a lot with my old man when I was a kid. For our encore , give you El Paso by Marty Robbins."
When Dustin had finished, he too was tearing up a bit, but he wipes them away while the others clapped.
"That was beautiful." Adagio said with a smile.
"Truly moving." Rarity agreed while she used a hanky to while away her tears. "Such a tragic story."
"All right, everybody, time to head to your tents." Gloriosa spoke.
"Yeah.... good idea." Dustin spoke with a yawn.
While hidden in the forest, Pendragon snarled furiously.
"It appears Gloriosa has already fallen for the fool!" Pemdragon scowled. "I knew this would happen!" Pendragon then looks behind him. "I'm counting on you to make sure that nuisance is taken care of! We cannot afford any obstacles!"
A growl was hears while a pairnofnglowijg yellow eyes appeared in the darkness.
"And just to make sure that nobody interferes..." Pendragon said before looking to his left, three pair of glowing violet eyes shinning threw the dark as a series of chuckles was heard.
Late at night, Dustin was stirring in his sleep before getting up. With a yawn he gets out of bed and walks into the woods, but only a foot away until hecstoppec at a nearby tree before pulling the hem of his pants down to... "do his business".
When he was finished, he heard a growling sound. He looks behind him with a tired expression before looking back forwards to ull up his pants. But suddenly his eyes widened as slowly turned his head back again to see what he saw. Before him.stood what appeared to be a massive brow wolf with yellow eyes and fangs that looked like those of a sabertooth tiger.
"Whoa!" Dustin uttered in shock as the giant canine slowly approached him. "What the have have you been eating to get this huge, kujo?!"
The canine snarled before barking, lunging at him. Dustin had managed to dodge and run. "Guys! Guys!"
Dustin arrived back to his tent, approaching Salazar. "Sal! Get up man! There's a big as wolf with Saber fangs to..." As Dustin said this, Salazar didn't seem to wake up. "Sal? Sal?!" He shopl Salazar, but he didn't seem to wake up. Thankfully he was still breathing, so he wasn't dead. "Dude, you're one heavy sleeper."
Then he looks to his tent entrance, seeing that the monstrous wold was looking at him through the opening. With a panic, he slid under the opposite side and ran for it.
"Guys! Wake up!" Dustin called out, but nobody seemed to respond as the monster wolf approached. "Shit!" Dustin then looked to his Digitrix before having a deadpan ook. "Wait... what the Hell am I doing?!"
With a press of a button and a Tao on the Digitrix's screen, Dustin was enveloped I'm a bright blue flash as he changed into a familiar humanoid insect.
"Sonicada!" Sonicada declared before he was enveloped in a multicolored energy wave like Rip Tide was earlier, changing his appearance slightly while having a more electric theme. "Lightning Bug!"
(Transformation Index)
Name: Lightning Bug
Species: Cicadoidean
Oops, he did it again. Brittney Spears references aside, it seems Sonicada went through the same thing Rip Tide did earlier. With a name like Lightning Bug, which is a tad bit more creative, it's obvious that he has gained some electrical abilities. But hey, this was a shocking surprise, eh? Ugh... kill me!
"Oooh... I like this one!" Lightning Bug said as he examined himself, looking to the wolf. "Well, looks like you're in for a shock, ya fleabag!"
The wolf snarled viciously as it charged at him, only for the electric insectoid to fly away at incredible speed. Something not even Sonicada could do.
"Ooh, Enhanced flight speed too?!" Lightning Bug chuckled. "Alright Balto, get ready to do the Electric Boogaloo!" Lightning Bug then fired a blast of electricity at the monster canine, making it yelp in pain as it knelt to the ground.
"Ha! What's the matter Fido?! Weren't ready to feel the thunder?!" Lightning Bug chuckled.
"Don't think you've won yet, foolish child!" A voice spoke, catching Lightning Bug by surprise.
He turns around to see three women near the fire pit, each one dressed like Voodoo witch doctors.
"So this is our target?" The woman in yellow asked with a smirk.
"You may have easily beaten the last few enemies." The woman in red spoke with a sinister rgrin.
"But let us see how you fare against three!" The womann in blue finished, chuckling slightly.
"What the... who are you?!" Lightning Bug asked in shock.
"I am Rouge!" The woman in red eplied.
"I am Amarillo!" The woman in yellow added.
"And I am Ciel!" The woman in blue finished.
"And we are the Laveau sisters." Rouge spoke with a smug grin. "Three of the most resound Voodoo queens in Cyberspace."
"You three are from Cyberspace too?!" Lightning Bug declared in shock. "First that giant squid, than this flea bitten Montreal, and now this?! God, if only the girls were here to help me right now!"
"I'm afraid that won't be a possibility." Ciel said with a chortle. "We've managed to put everyone else around here into a deep sleep. But they'll awaken by sunrise of course."
"But I'm sad to say that you won't live to see the coming of dawn!" Rouge spoke, then Amarillo extended her hand and breathed put a purple colored smoke to Lightning Bug.
The humanoid insect coughed before falling to the ground and reverting back to Dustin. He tried to get up, but he couldn't even move a muscle. Its like he lost esensation in his body.
"If you're wandering why you cannot move," Amarillo started, "I used a little paralytic numbing agent we use while we hunt." Amarillo chuckled as Dustin was terrified. "You won't be able to feel any pain from what is about to come."
The monstrous canine got back up and pins Dustin to the ground while he watches on in terror. But just as the monster wolf was about to devour him, it began to whimper in pain as it held onto its ears.
"What's the matter with you?!" Rouge asked the canine.
"Oh dear!" Ciel said in a panic. "We've got company!" Ciel, Rouge, and Amarillo look to see Timber had arrived, a dog whistle in hand.
"Oh great." Rouge called out in terror. "We've been compromised! Retreat!" The Laveau sisters vanished in a thick puff of deep purple smoke while the canine monster ran into the woods.
Timber with a sigh appraches to the still paralyzed Dustin before kneeling down. "I'm sorry dude, please don't hate me." Timber replied before punching Dustin, knocking him unconcious. Timber then picks him up while casting a glare at the forest.
"You what?!" Timber asked angrily as he stood face to face with Peendragon while the Leveau sisters, the sabertooth wolf, and even Kraeken were watching from behind the trees. "Pendragon, what were you thinking?!"
"That boy is nothing but trouble, Timber!" Pendragon shot back. "We're so close to ensuring the safety of Camp Everfree, and that boy is the only obstacle standing in the way!"
"So you plan to have him killed?!" Timber replied, still furious. "Pendragon, this a camp were running! Not a slaughter house! The last thing we want is to have a murder ruining our camp's reputation!"
"Dash it all, boy! Are you not seeing the bigger picture?!" Pendragon replied, slowly losing his temper. "I am doing this to ensure Camp Everfree's immortalization! To ensure its never removed by that swine Filthy Rich!"
"I get it! I don't want to lose this came as much as you or Gloriosa do!" Timber nods in understanding. "But killing a camper because of you being paranoid iis not going to help!"
"I am not taking any chances, Timber Spruce?!" Pendragon shot baback. "That boy will only get in the way, and I am certain those maidens accompanying him will as well."
"You mean Twilight and her friends?" Tinber asked. "What do thay have to do with this?!"
"I've sensed something from them! Something not normal!" Timber then got into Timber's personal bubble. "And don't think I haven't noticed your infatuation with the one in spectacles!"
"That is none of your business Pendragon!" Tinber barked.
"It is my business!" Pendragon spoke in a low growl. "I have said this to Gloriosa, and I am telling you the same! I do not want you near those humans, especially that bespectacled witch!"
"Hey!" Timber growled in anger. "That bespectacled witch has a name you judgemental ass!"
The Leveau sisters gasped collectively while the sabertooth wolf pinned its ears back in fear.
"I guarantee this, stripling!" Pendragon spoke with a low growl in rage "If you were my son, I would not be hearing this tone in your voice nor would I hear such crass choice of words escaping your lips!"
"Oh! You must want to slap me!" Timber shot back!
"Slap you? No!" Pendragon retorted as he got right into Tinber's face. "Flog you senseless with my tail? Oh absolutely!"
At this point, Kraekan apprached and held Pendragon back with its tentacles as the Leveau sisters got in between Pendragon and Timber.
"Timber, I think it's time you head back with Gloriosa!" Rougue said to Timber in a warning tone, making Timber scoff before storming his way out. But Timber had one last thing to say.
"You're lucky I'm not telling Gloriosa about this." Timber said to Pendragon warningly. "But if you ever pull something like this again, then I will be sure Gloriosa gives you the tongue of fury!"
"Is that a threat I hear?!" Pebdragon roared furiously.
"A threat? No!" Timber replied. "A promise? Hell yeah!" And with that, Timber made his leave.
Pendragon was so furious by this point that he raised hisnhead up and breathed out a massive plume of green fire. Thankfully there was a large gap in the canopy so nothing was burnt. Kraekan, the Leveau sisters, and the sabertooth wolf watch on in worry and a hint of fear.